FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
76th Berlinale Competition (world premiere)
LOGLINE
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.
Infos
In co-production with Haut et Court, Liman Film, ZDF
In association with ARTE, Be For Films, Haut et Court Distribution, Alamode Film
Supported by DFFF, BKM, FFA, MOIN, Eurimages, FFA Minitraité, CNC, MBB, FFF
German Distributor: Alamode Filmverleih
Theatrical Release Germany: 05.03.2026
World Sales: Be For Films
Duration: 128 min.
Year: 2025
Original Title: Gelbe Briefe / Turkish Title: Sarı Zarflar
ISAN: 0000-0006-E4CF-0000-T-0000-0000-O
With
Özgü Namal as Derya Tufan
Tansu Biçer as Aziz Tufan
Leyla Smyrna Cabas as Ezgi Tufan
Ipek Bilgin as Güngör Hanim
Aydın Işık as Salih
Aziz Çapkurt as Baran
Jale Arıkan as Kübra
Uygar Tamer as Kadriye
Team
Director: İlker Çatak
Screenplay: İlker Çatak, Ayda M. Çatak, Enis Köstepen
Producer: Ingo Fliess
Co-producers: Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Eliott Khayat, Nadir Öperli, Enis Köstepen
Director of Photography: Judith Kaufmann (bvk)
Editor: Gesa Jäger (bfs)
Production design: Zazie Knepper (vsk)
Costume design: Christian Röhrs
Make-up: Nica Faas
Grip: Timm Brückner (icls)
Original sound: Maarten van de Voort (bvft)
Re-Recording Mix: Ansgar Frerich (bvft)
Sound Design: Sebastian Tesch, Florian Holzner (bvft)
Music: Marvin Miller
Commissioning Editors: Alexandra Staib (ZDF), Barbara Häbe (ARTE), Martin Gerhard (ZDF/ARTE)
Executive Producer: Luzie Lohmeyer
Casting: Ceren Sena Akdeniz
Line Producer: Ingrid Holzapfel
1st AD: Shawn Bäumer